INDEX TO TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



With this index is included a glossary of technical terms not denned in the text. All 

 numerals refer to pages 



Abdomen, the under part of the body 

 from the rear point of the breastbone 

 to the vent 



Adaptability of poultry, 75, 476 



Advertising for fancy poultry trade, 

 58o 



Advertising value of winning prizes, 



536 



^Esthetic values in poultry, .577 



Age, effect of, on egg production, 300 ; 

 relation of, to breeding value, 476, 487 



Agricultural poultry exhibits, 535 



Agriculture, relations of, to poultry cul- 

 ture, n, 28 



Air cell in egg, 262 



Albumin, 238, milk, 201 



Alfalfa, 195 



Alfilaria, 195 



Alternate inheritance, 467 



Alternating yards, 98 



American Dominiques, 14, 395 ; illus- 

 trated, 396, 518 



American Poultry Association classifi- 

 cation of poultry, note on, 346 



American Poultry Association score 

 card, 570 



American types, 16, 397 



Anconas, illustrated, 360 



Andalusians, illustrated, 367 



Animal foods, kinds of, secured under 

 natural conditions, 176 



Antiquity of artificial methods, 241 ; of 

 poultry culture, 12 



A. O. V. (Any Other Variety) classes, 

 548 



Apples, 198 



Appliances, 155; models of, for exhibi- 

 tion, 552 



Area of yards, 97 



Artichokes, 197 



Artificial brooding, temperature in, 280 



Artificial fitting of poultry for exhibi- 

 tion, 560 



Artificial incubation, 241, 253 ; antiq- 

 uity of, 17 ; selection of eggs for, 

 257 ; temperature in, 241 



Artificial selection, 478 



Aseels, illustrated, 347 



Asexual reproduction, 459 



Ash, the noncombustible part of feed- 

 ing stuffs, consisting principally of 

 mineral matter, 178 



Asiatic meat-type fowls, description of, 

 387 ; divisions of, 389 



Atavism, 467 



Back, the upper side of the body (in the 

 fancier's terminology particularly the 

 middle of the back), the fore part 

 being concealed by the neck hackle 

 and the rear part being called, in the 

 male, the saddle, and in the female 

 (if well developed), the cushion. The 

 apparent length of the back depends 

 much upon the length and texture of 

 the plumage 



Back-yard poultry plants, illustrated, 

 26,32 



Balanced ration, 206 



Balancing, characters in breeding, 484 ; 

 exhibits at shows, 549 



Bantam, Game, resemblance of the, to 

 jungle fowl, 344 



Bantams, description and illustrations 

 of, 424 



Bar, a band or stripe across a feather 

 or across a number of feathers, as 

 the wing bar. Very narrow barring 

 is sometimes called penciling 



Barley, 188 



Barn-door fowl. See Barnyard fowl 



Barnyard fowl, a common fowl, a mon- 

 grel 



Barred color patterns, early varieties of, 

 395 ; mating, 518 



Barrel coops, 104; illustrated, 105 



Barring, purple, in black fowls, 528 



Baskets for shipping eggs for hatching, 



585 

 Beak (the jaws of gallinaceous birds), 



structure of, in different kinds of 



poultry, 175 

 Bean, the small knob at the tip of the 



upper mandible of the waterfowl 



597 



